Theatrical, really. It's as if you had orchestrated the whole thing to be just so, at that moment in time. And to have the technique to pull it off too - that takes some doing. My own photography is much more opportunistic - I see things and grab at them, usually messily - but this is calculated, determined, and very well conceived.

However (and there is always a but, isn't there?) I am not really sure that I like it. It seems so produced, so perfect, that I can't quite believe in it. It doesn't seem to be a photograph as I understand it. Which is not to detract from your achievement, and is merely a matter of taste. Perhaps because I like my photography to be just a little more raggy at the edges . . .

Nice one, though.

John

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Theatrical, really. It's as if you had orchestrated the whole thing to be just so, at that moment in time. And to have the technique to pull it off too - that takes some doing. My own photography is much more opportunistic - I see things and grab at them, usually messily - but this is calculated, determined, and very well conceived.

However (and there is always a but, isn't there?) I am not really sure that I like it. It seems so produced, so perfect, that I can't quite believe in it. It doesn't seem to be a photograph as I understand it. Which is not to detract from your achievement, and is merely a matter of taste. Perhaps because I like my photography to be just a little more raggy at the edges . . .

Nice one, though.

John

Thanks John...horses for courses mate, one mans perfect is another mans adequate.....it is the great lasting beauty of the arts in general....we get to please ourselves (or we should be) and as such you cannot please all the people all the time.The reality of the image is this...day one was a write off dense sea fog all day didnt shoot a frame. Day two started dense fog again, but thankfully we could see this time it was starting to thin out...i knew the dawn position was favourable for the castle facing west against the eastern dawn and i was there in time....thats as planned as it was, this image is one of several taken from this approximate position...this is the second ive posted from this trip.

The sharp foreground, the wall, fence and beach line each draws our eye right back to the castle, shrouded in the mysterious fog. This photo works for me. I have been noticing that browns usually stand out better than brighter, near white subjects even in flat light.

It's a great photograph. No doubt about that. But my eye doesn't know where to look. OK, maybe the rings lead you towards the castle, but I'm not sure. Personally, I'd drop the bottom half of the shot. That puts the castle at the top left third of the pic. But then, I'm old, and probably old fashioned. Nevertheless, I wish I'd taken it. Congratulations.

You know what I'm going to say... same as previous Lindesfarne image - I find the modern angularity of the fence so in contrast to the magic of the rest of the scene, that I would remove it (not with a chain saw, but with adept healing/cloning).

For those who haven't been there and for many who have, it would make no difference what so ever. Very few will say, "Oiy - you cheater, you painted out the fence!" and if they do, remember, painters have used artistic license forever!! I know, just because we can, should we? If we are producing art, then yes, if we are producing snapshots, than no.